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Micron C400-MTFDDAK256MAM

C400 RealSSD 256GB

C400 RealSSD 256GB
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Effective Speed -883%Effective Speed -883%Average Score -1,052%Read -995%, Write -2,088%, 4K Read -383%, 4K Write -216%, Mixed -1,336%, 4K Mixed -713%, SusWrite -1,632%Peak Score -1,325%Read -1,269%, Write -2,365%, 4K Read -731%, 4K Write -283%, Mixed -1,710%, 4K Mixed -1,234%, SusWrite -1,681%Value & Sentiment -1,374%User Rating -37%, Market Share -2,711%Nice To Haves -2,283%DQ Read -1,188%, DQ Write -752%, DQ Mixed -6,436%, ADQ Read -1,247%, ADQ Write -889%, ADQ Mixed -6,190%, Age -596%, AS-SSD Total -968%

Average Bench: 55.4% (855^th of 1080)

Based on 11,652 user benchmarks. Models: C400-MTFDDAK256MAM, C400-MTFDDAC256MAM, MTFDDAK2 MTFDDAK256MAM-1K, Micron C400 RealSSD 2.5" 7mm 256GB, MTFDDAK256MAM-1K, Micron C400 RealSSD 2., MTFDDAK256MAM-1K1, MTFDDAK256MAM-1K12

Poor: 41%Average: 55.4% Great: 69%

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Average average bench

The Micron C400 RealSSD 256GB averaged 44.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 65.7MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18.4MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Micron C400 RealSSD 256GB is 28.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Micron C400 RealSSD 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 23.6MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 182MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11,652 samples)

Rank 85555.4%

Min	Avg	Max
317	Read 383	433
50	Write 213	261
85.9	Mixed 225	258
48.8	SusWrite 182	257
55.9% 251 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11	4K Read 18.4	23.1
32.7	4K Write 65.7	98.9
9.73	4K Mixed 13.6	16.4
80% 32.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
90	DQ Read 127	180
50.1	DQ Write 127	223
16.7	DQ Mixed 23.6	32.1
46.1% 92.4 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

DNK-User, 4 days ago.

104GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 04TH

SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 168 183 191 199 175 MB/s

62.4% Good

Write 234

Mixed 233

SusWrite 185

59% 265 MB/s

4K Read 23.1

4K Write 87.6

4K Mixed 16.5

102% 42.4 MB/s

DQ Read 114

DQ Write 106

DQ Mixed 23.8

41% 81 MB/s

FRA-User, 4 days ago.

157GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 040H

SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 209 240 242 222 256 MB/s

62% Good

Write 250

Mixed 238

SusWrite 233

60% 270 MB/s

4K Read 21.5

4K Write 86.2

4K Mixed 15.5

98% 41.1 MB/s

DQ Read 115

DQ Write 107

DQ Mixed 23.8

42% 81.8 MB/s

USA-User, 4 days ago.

156GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 08TH

SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 230 239 220 228 211 MB/s

58.9% Above average

Write 227

Mixed 227

SusWrite 228

60% 269 MB/s

4K Read 17

4K Write 75.1

4K Mixed 13.9

83% 35.3 MB/s

DQ Read 114

DQ Write 106

DQ Mixed 23.8

42% 81.2 MB/s

MYS-User, 7 days ago.

21GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 08TH

SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 162 107 98 105 107 MB/s

55.4% Above average

Write 247

Mixed 174

SusWrite 131

52% 236 MB/s

4K Read 20

4K Write 78.3

4K Mixed 15.2

91% 37.8 MB/s

DQ Read 117

DQ Write 110

DQ Mixed 24

43% 83.7 MB/s

DEU-User, 3 days ago.

147GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 040H

SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 197 181 174 197 191 MB/s

51.8% Above average

Write 249

Mixed 244

SusWrite 193

59% 265 MB/s

4K Read 16.5

4K Write 49.1

4K Mixed 13.6

68% 26.4 MB/s

DQ Read 111

DQ Write 103

DQ Mixed 23.7

41% 79.2 MB/s

POL-User, 1 day ago.

15GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 04TH

SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 63 69 55 53 53 MB/s

48.1% Average

Write 216

Mixed 238

SusWrite 70.1

51% 231 MB/s

4K Read 17.3

4K Write 66.5

4K Mixed 13.1

78% 32.3 MB/s

DQ Read 114

DQ Write 107

DQ Mixed 23.9

42% 81.8 MB/s

MAR-User, 5 days ago.

96GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 04TH

SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 144 140 86 84 128 MB/s

45.9% Average

Write 212

Mixed 228

SusWrite 128

51% 231 MB/s

4K Read 15.5

4K Write 61.6

4K Mixed 8.5

67% 28.5 MB/s

DQ Read 111

DQ Write 105

DQ Mixed 23.6

41% 80 MB/s

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Typical C400 RealSSD 256GB Builds (Compare 5,916 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 11%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,562x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	807x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	725x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	513x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	315x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	274x

SSD
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples	133x

RAM
M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 618 samples	67x
M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GBSamsungBench 89%, 244 samples	61x
HMT41GU7AFR8C-RD 4x8GBHynixBench 89%, 207 samples	59x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $345

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Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
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Micron C400-MTFDDAK256MAM

C400 RealSSD 256GB

Average Bench: 55.4% (855^th of 1080)

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C400 RealSSD 256GB

Average Bench: 55.4% (855th of 1080)

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